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050 0 0 _aP 107
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100 1 _aNowak, Ethan,
_eauthor.
_916065
245 1 0 _aPhilosophy of language :
_bthe basics /
_cEthan Nowak.
263 _a2407
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2024.
_42024
300 _ax, 201 pages;
_3paper
_billustrations,
_c20 cm.
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336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
_3paper
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"This book provides beginners with a sense of the questions and methods that make up the philosophy of language. The first four chapters develop the idea that language is a system that allows us to exchange information with each other, and the second four chapters the idea that language is a tool we can use to perform actions, like promising, insulting, and socially positioning ourselves. The first part of the book traces an arc connecting questions like: What is linguistic meaning? Where does meaning come from? How do we use meanings to send messages to each other? The second part of the book takes up questions like: Does pornography silence women? What is offensive about slurs? What do we lose when languages go extinct? With a glossary of key terms, questions for reflection, and suggestions for further reading, Philosophy of Language: The Basics is the place to start for anyone who is or knows someone who is curious about how high the seas of language rise"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
_xPhilosophy.
_916066
658 _aMaster of Arts in English Language Studies;
_bPhilosophy of Language,
_cMAELS209
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aNowak, Ethan.
_tPhilosophy of language
_dNew York, NY : Routledge, 2024
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